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@GreenHokie the foil wrapped light strips from ebay have not held up well in my car, it makes the install looks bad both due to "sagging" on the adhesive area as well as just the foil peeling back, looking pretty poor overall. Luckily, I bought spares and will probably go for a reinstall. Was...

This keeps getting wilder and wilder, with the new kit which breaches off the footwell light, it seems to dim/flicker at night, I was super stumped why this would be, and noticed it always was fine when in park. So figure ok, it's the footwell automatic dimming. Turns out, not only that, it is...

I taped my strip down using electrical tape and just marked out where I wanted the lit part to be and it worked out for me, would have saved me a lot of time if I had an exact measurement! Also, applying just a little bit of heat when making your bend helped me get really clean corners as well.

Got an update for you guys, also @GreenHokie may help you resolve your issue. I found on one of the cables when replacing a cable, a "blue" (could be diff depending on version of your kit) conductor was loose and pretty much broke out of the connector. The amount of material on the conductor was...

This is happening for me on the same controller that is bad, and remember previously my original controller stopped emitting white all together. Last night it was showing pinkish when I set it to show white, red and some others worked "ok" but the flickering is still a major issue. I think...

Something really crazy going on with one of the "branch" controllers, stopped flashing after I left car sleep for a bit, went back, it was working fine, then slowly problems started coming back, the light emitter sometimes isn't outputting the correct color, or none at all, flashing lights...

So, bad news from my front, everything was going insanely smoothly then one of the SUMK controllers (or cables) must be bad now, because it was working fine for several hours then it started "flickering". I'm starting to think the longevity of this system is questionable at best with multiple...

Unfortunately no, the way it is right now you have no choice to do this, it uses a proprietary connector, the foot well light cable that the car provides connects to a cable, that cable connects to the light (with a different hardwired connector), so the kit cannot use a drop in replacement...

Here's an update, I wired it up, the "branch" controller instantly synced up to the main controller. I am talking as soon as it got power, it was the right color. So they definitely work off the main controller very quickly. I am going to migrate everything I did previously to match this new...

Dash strip is not a single piece, however, it's terminated VERY closely now, to the point where you could probably glue them together. It's a thin piece of hard black plastic, probably as thick as a fingernail. I would imagine it would still have a "gap" visible just as before, but much less...

so, I got a refund for the broken SUMK kit, a couple things to report: The new 2021 kit is different from the original one I ordered. This time, they include multiple controllers, one is called main, the others branch, I guess they're interchangeable which is which but the important thing to...

Welp, another snag, I have 3 of the "smaller" controllers, which are smaller physically than the one I am currently using, and I cannot get any of these to connect to bluetooth leading me to believe they need to be used in addition to the "main" large one, which as of now, unfortunately, doesn't...

Fortunately, I have spare ones of the controller, but I'm scared this is going to keep happening. Will replace and report back.

So, having a bit of trouble. Originally, I simply wanted white lights, but recently the "white" setting is not working. In fact, selecting white shows the exact same color as "yellow", while all the other color combinations (red, green, blue, purple, etc) all work completely fine. What could be...

Yeh, I do like the look of the AliExpress ones a lot but if I had some easy access to try higher diameter larger strips from other brands and see if the underglow is closer to what I like, then I'll go with that if I have to. I actually prefer things be a bit muted so we'll see how it turns out...

Thanks @GreenHokie as always. Also, like to report that the kit from AliExpress I got has some heatshrink included (a surprise to me), so I'm just going to let it stretch a bit straight and then try to tackle installation sometime this week. I'm still ideally hoping to get some information how...

@GreenHokie do you mind if I bug you again for help and/or pictures? Were you able to remove the softer part of the dash that sits close to the windscreen? I want to be able to remove this to more comfortably adhere the lights. I have seen many videos on how to remove the actual dash hard pieces...

Just an update, I finally got the center console part removed, and I'll save some people some time here, you likely do not need or even want to remove the center console entirely on a 2021+ model if you plan on installing the SUMK kit. What you will want to do is trim down some the thin plastic...

I got 15% all around with white interior. You would never think it is that dark. I skipped roof cause it seemed excessive for me, and windshield has nothing but I'm considering a light tint.

Anyone have some suggestions on removing the trim around the center console on a 22 M3? I got everything up until the center crossbar which is between the wireless charger and forward center console storage. The trim that is under the dash feels loose enough I just cannot get the full thing to...

Thanks again!

Hi again GreenHokie, I had a quick question, do you have any wire recommendations? I'm about to get 24AWG wire with 4 inner conductors, to extend the SUMK kit, I have enough soldering and wiring experience, but do you have any suggestions there or is this good enough? I also got some assorted...

The rep told me that I paid for a "new" item, but they must have given me that since it may have been last in stock. As of now, it's still not back in stock and I have not found anywhere that sells it otherwise, so a bit of an annoyance for me right now. Only the 2017-2020 versions are in stock...

A bit of an update, and maybe you're interested since I know you made an Amazon review for the SUMK kit. I got my kit in the mail today, some how it was an Amazon Warehouse order, it arrived with a part which says "BROKEN", I actually got the one with the doors for some reason (I think these...

I think with such a delay on the AliExpress shipment I will install the SUMK as best as I can, then I will install the other one when it arrives. Is there any inherent harm on installing the SUMK dashboard kit (in the crappy location) with the tape/adhesive? Or should it be easy to uninstall...

Thanks again, I will definitely get everything you recommended.

Sounds good, your write up definitely convinced me. I will just run the cables to the dash and wait on the delivery from China. Will definitely buy at least 3 lengths. Do you have any other recommendations? Heat shrinks, adhesives? Thanks in advance. Also, unrelated, but I'm just going to get...

I am going to go ahead and commit to both the SUMK kit as well as the aliexpress fiber as well in a few days. Unfortunately, the delivery for the aliexpress one is looking like mid to late March, and I couldn't find anything that matches that on other places like Amazon or eBay. Anything I...